God loves you! Nov 14, 2020

Another day, but not another dollar haha. Missionary work is free of cost. In fact, I pay to be on a mission. For most this makes little sense. Why would I give up two years of my life, when I could use those years to work or go to school. The answer: God is our loving Heavenly Father. We are His children.  He loves us and wants the best for us. I know this to be true and I want other people to know it too. So that is why I am a missionary. 

This week, Elder Perkins and I had a wonderful time in our TRC's! We were able to have follow up lessons with everyone we taught last week. It was neat to see their progress even after only one week! It was a little sad to tell them that we won't be able to teach them again, because on Wednesday, Elder Perkins and I fly out. 

As a district we had a really cool impression. In a devotional, a speaker challenged missionaries to kneel when you pray. It shows God the respect He deserves. SO as a district we took that to heart (or to knees haha.) For each prayer we had in class we would all kneel down. It was a powerful feeling. It was like we were all united and together even though we are all over the West Coast in geographical location. It was wonderful. 

I know Jesus Christ lives and loves you.

See ya in Arkansas! Elder Spencer    

District Pics:

Let it snow, snow, and TRC's! Nov 7, 2020

Hello my friends! What a great day this is! A new youth song just got released about missionary work and it is so good! Listening to it on repeat!! I will send a link out for it if you want to listen to this fantastic song. 

I woke up this morning to a winter wonderland. The snow is so beautiful on the branches of the trees. The world is quiet and the snow is untouched. I love it.

MTC this week: so amazing! I learned something new everyday, like how to stay safe while using technology, how to make an effective commitment, and how to laugh. (I am just joking about that last one, but honestly, I laugh so much) Lots of smiles from all the missionaries in my district. We just can't help it. We know we have a message of happiness and joy to share to the whole world. The message of Jesus Christ. He died so we can live again. He died so we can be forgiven of the things we do wrong. We are human. We will fail, but with Jesus Christ we can try again, and again, and again. 

My district: We call our district the Fire District because we light up each other with testimony and the Spirit. But this week the Fire District got burned. In the MTC we learn lessons and then practice teaching what we learn to real people! These practice appointments are called TRC's (Teaching Resource Center I think.) TRC's can be stressful, especially when you are just learning material and it is with complete strangers. I was nervous when Elder Perkins (my companion) and I had two scheduled for the week but than our teacher challenged us. A challenge that initially burned but turned into a glowing ember of joy! He challenged us to do five TRC's a week!! Ahhhhh. We were all freaking out. FIVE! He is just kidding right?!?! No he was not. Grudgingly Elder Perkins scheduled two more appointments which only put us at four, but that is beside the point. During comp study we prayed to feel love towards these people so we could find out how to best help these people. I won't go into details on each one, but I will tell you that the Spirit was felt during each lesson. Our work was not in vain. 

Elder Perkins and I were able to reschedule each person for a second lesson this week! I am excited to meet with them again. 

"I'm trying to be like Jesus, I'm following in His way. I'm trying to love as He did, in all that I do and say.... love one another as Jesus loves you, try to show kindness in all that you do, be gentle and loving in deed and in thought, for these are the things Jesus taught." (I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus, children's Songbook, pg. 78) Be kind today. Look for the hands you can lift up. Smile. 

Jesus Christ loves you, and I love you.

Elder Spencer

 With the real Elders!

Canadian boys in majority American districts

More chocolate milk!

Wearing a button up shirt, tie and dress pants all day actually isn't that bad! Oct 31, 2020

Hello everyone!

What a week it has been! On Tuesday, October 27th, I was set apart as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. While I am a missionary I set myself apart from the things of the world (Imagine Dragons, The Edmonton Oilers, Nacho Libre... ) and focus my attention on God and the work He needs me to do, which is to invite others to come unto Christ. 

For those of you who do not know I am being trained online from my home. Normally, I would fly to Provo, Utah and train in the Missionary Training Center (MTC) with hundreds of other missionaries just like me! Because of Covid, all the training takes place over Zoom! Each missionary is assigned to a district based on the language they are learning. I am in the world's best district with nine other wonderful Elders and Sisters!! We take two classes a day as a district; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. We learn so much and I love it. 

Each missionary as a companion. Someone to help you stay accountable, safe and productive. My comp. is Elder Perkins! What a guy! He has a love for this gospel and I love him already. He is from Utah, so I can relate well with him, because I was born in that state! We laugh together, pray together, and work together to bring others unto Christ. 

Did I explain the MTC process well enough? Email me if you have any questions on how the process works!!

I am grateful for Jesus Christ. He lives and loves you. He knows what troubles you are going through. He will help you as you turn to Him through prayer.

Love you guys, Elder Spencer

On a walk with my best friend!

This MTC has cereal too!

Chocolate milk woot woot!

My online set up!

My District!!

My boy, Elder Perkins!! 

Christmas!!

We went to Utah for christmas. Some of the things I got were books, hockey cards, and a poket knife. We also went to a Utah Jazz game and Jazz won 100-94!!!!!

School Starts

School has started again. I'am in grade 7! It was so cool to see my friends again. Hockey is going to start on monday. I'am so exited

Summer Camp

Last weekend we went on a summer camp. We had to backpack up it was pretty hard but I servived. We went on a hike once we got to the top there was clouds. We couldlt see the hole in the mountain A.K.A window that our dad had told us about. But when the clouds moved we could see the window it was so big.

Cousins and summer

This last week our cousins came from our dads side. On Saterday we went to the BMX park. There was jumps and turns it was asome. Then later that day we watched the lego movie. Well we were watching the lego movie uncle Toms family came. On Sunday we went to the cooks house we ate there and played on the haybaells. On Monday we went to Wateron some peaple jumped in to the water but I didnt. We also got hot dogs from Waterton Weners. On Tuesday we went to RAYMOND for the prade. I got more candy then I expeced. After that we went to eat lunch. Then we went to the RODIO!!!! We saw Bulls, Horses, and Baby Cows. We also went to the istitot and watched How To Trian Your Dragon. We had popcorn and ice cream.